Welcome back to What's Next, where we report on the intersection of law and technology. Today, we chat with Stanford's Jennifer King about the Internet of Things and what it means for the future of our privacy. In other news, the botnets are back, and they're going after a new target. Also on the agenda, IBM is feeding photographers' Flickr images into its facial recognition system, and there's a debate over whether that qualifies as a copyright violation. All of that and more, below.

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The Internet of Things Is Here. And Privacy Has Some Catching Up to Do

Regulators are nibbling. Privacy advocates are wary. And meanwhile consumers are being presented with an ever-widening array of internet connected gadgets that promise to simplify daily life. (A voice-activated mirror? An egg tray that notifies youwhen you're running low? Seriously!)

For this week's Q&A, we catch up with Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, and ask what has her attention when it comes to the Internet of Things. One issue she's watching is who bears responsibility for privacy in a world where there are fewer screens and more voice-activation.

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